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By Claudia Rankine
-Civil rights movement came to national prominence during that time
-Born in Kingston, Jamaica
-Immigrated here with her parents when she was seven
-Graduated from Williams College with a B.A.
-Went to Columbia and got her
M.F.A
"I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."
-Zora Neale Hurston
-In section II, first picture used is Hennessy Youngman(Jayson Musson)
Sharp White Backgrounds
-Talks about commodifying black anger
and creating presence where there is
none.
-Another point mentioned is that anger displayed by POC stemming from the unfairness of their circumstances can be construed as insanity
-Ex: 2009 Women's U.S. Open
Identity
-Assumed difference from the "true self" and "historical self"
-Microaggressions and blatant racism highlighted throughout the book contribute to this idea of split selves
-On page 25, a man in Starbucks refers to a group of "boisterous" teens as the n-word. The racism here, does not only
come from skin tone, but from
culture as well
Historical Self
-Who you are as a person
-Personal connotations of implied worth from hierarchical social dynamics
-Based off of physical traits: skin color, hair texture
-Also formed by culture and how others perceive you(ties into hierarchical dynamics)